Jobs emails again, this time its USB 3.0

Ian | Latest News | October 30, 2010

Steve: Can we call him just by his first name? Oh. No. Steve Jobs.

It seems like Steve Jobs replies to an email every day now. The latest one to hit the Inbox of an emailing fanboi concerned the adoption of USB 3.0.

Now Apple have never stated they will carry USB 3.0 on their products, however, surprise surprise there where rumours a while back in the 'blogosphere'.

So someone by the name of Tom Kruk has emailed Steve to ask when the faster USB standard is coming. As is the way now Steve hit reply in Mail (I doubt he uses Outlook somehow, or even Thunderbird). Here is alledgedly what he had to say according to 9-5 Mac:

We don’t see USB 3 taking off at this time. No support from Intel, for example.

No support from Intel? Surely this doesn't make any sense? USB is after all one of Intel's baby.

But he's right. Intel have stated they won't support 'mainstream' USB 3.0 support until 2011. It seems that the high cost of changing integrated chipsets is putting manufacturers off. That or it is an Intel delaying tactic to benefit their own new optical based interfacing technology: Light Peak

Intel buys McAfee

Ian | Latest News | August 19, 2010

Intel have agreed terms to purchase McAfee.

The hardware giant, responsible for the processors in desktop Apple Macs and Macbook laptops, will take full control of the Anti Virus software company.

Analysts have speculated that this could be the start of more hardware companies acquiring security companies, as they seek to up the fight against viruses and malware.

We will have to wait to see if the inclusion of McAfee technology on Intel's product line uses up half the cores....

Technology Guardian has more

MC373B/A | MacBook Pro 15″ 2.66GHz

UsedMac | Uncategorized | August 12, 2010

The Apple MacBook Pro MC373B/A is a stylish 15” laptop shaped from one solid piece of aluminium. The MC373B/A is thin, light and incredibly durable.

The Apple MacBook Pro 15” MC373B/A boasts a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo i7 processor with 4MB on-chip smart cache. Add a 1066MHz frontside bus and 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 memory and you have a nippy little number.

The MC373B/A comes with a 500GB hard drive as standard which is plenty enough to store your media files.

The new MacBook Pro 15 Inch outperforms rivals in the visuals department with 15.4" LED backlit screen capable of resolutions up to 1440x900. An NVIDIA GeForce 320M with 256MB memory provides the visual muscle.

MacBook Pro MC373B/A Prices - Brand New

MC373B/A Software and Media

The MC373B/A comes with Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard pre-installed. This operating system includes plenty of software including iTunes, iChat, Mail, Safari, Front Row, Spotlight and much more. Wireless internet is supported.

An 8x SuperDrive DVD rewriter, DVI, VGA and HDMI ports allow you to watch or connect multiple media sources. Other connectivity ports include USB 2.0, Firewire and SD Card slot.

MC373B/A Dimensions

This Apple MacBook Pro MC373B/A is tight and compact, measuring just 36.4 x 24.9 x 2.41cm and weighing in at 2.54kg. Despite the power and performance, it is possible to squeeze up to 9 hours out of the battery.

(Note: This MacBook Pro Model is also referred to as the MC373BA)